TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May Great Spirit bless 🙏

It is back to being another wonderful spring-like day here at the Tree House, with a forecast high in the mid-sixties today. I believe we'll spend most of the day outdoors in my Green Space on the balcony. It's actually supposed to be partly sunny to mostly sunny, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 60s F. Up here on the balcony, with no wind and shielded on one side by a partial wall that breaks up a lot of the western airflow, it's relatively calm. And the reflected sunlight off the brick wall will make it feel more like the low to mid-70s. Bikini time? 👙☺️

I would like to take this moment to announce, perhaps a bit too early, that one thing we can be certain of is that this tyrannical regime will also fall, like every other empire has in history, when evil, corruption, and greed for wealth and power take over. I can only pray that we, the People, remain strong during this difficult time and that we stay alive and united in rebuilding our nations. Repairing the mess and learning a lesson from it will be documented and recorded in the annals of history. Personally, I would like to see a passing grade for our efforts. We Stand Together as One in Solidarity and Spirit! You and I are one.

Perhaps I am the only one at this moment, a writer of this life's book of history, and we all play a part in it; you are not alone! We are one, no matter where in the multiverse, wherever there is an intelligent species that thinks, knows, or is aware of what's right from wrong, and makes decisions. In the multiverse, you will no doubt be on the timeline from the Big Bang until now, and what about tomorrow? It is already written, but we still have to do the work to get there. We need to BEGIN WORKING NOW towards what we want in the future.

I know many of you probably find my writings a little too far out. Well, I write whatever the inner writer tells me to write. Until we can overcome the significant obstacle in the road, the Orange Pus Bag will continue to consume time due to its catastrophic effects on America and the world. However, we will eventually reach the post-Trump era. It won't last forever, and not much longer, judging by the way things are going. JUST WATCH THE PATTERN! Which way is the wave moving? I don't need a war map spread out on a table, pushing little toy ships and soldiers around the map in the War Room to know how a contingent plan of action works. YOU can't do that with a bunch of Crooked Sadist Dunce Cadet and Liars willing to kiss the 💩🏳️ in charge.

I believe that when we are at liberty to think freely again, we can resume working for the betterment of others. While we wait, I have a blog where you can be entertained or discover many things that you may not be aware of. I have many of them in story form.

Whatever I post on social networks is stored on this blog; in case you wish to review it, the link is included below. Thank you.

Cindy

In Short:

I am a retired social worker with 25 years of experience. I have a variety of interests, like fantasy, spirituality, art, poetry, technology, science, quantum mechanics, astrophysics, archeology, philosophy, and psychology.

I also have all the news from the past year, since the beginning of the 2nd term of the Trump-o, like in Typ-o, administration, as well as other news stories, fantasy and reality documentaries, and stories from the past, included in the blog. If you are looking to conduct some research or are simply a news-chasing enthusiast, you can find it here.

Cindy's Oppen House Blog

Blogspot

https://cindyopenhouse.blogspot.com/

Well, that's about it from the Fat Lips of Ontario, jest a' flappin's me lips like the Canadian Flag on Parliament Hill. Oh Canada! Elbows up! Show your loincloth... er! I mean, your Maple Leaf Man! If you're Canadian, don't leave home without it, eh! And all that stuff, don't you know! 😵‍💫 😁 Aaaah, what the Hell, jest relax and smoke another weed! It's legal. Git me partner here a Molsen's Export while ye'r at it. 😉

_*When I convert the group, I will continue with the National and Local News Chasing as a secondary news information center, and the main theme of the Blog community or group will change. The Original name for the few social network groups was...*_

Cindy's Open House Blog.

But for now it will remain as the TREE HOUSE NEWS

Democrats are winning the shutdown politics. Can they stop now?

After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his plot to defund Obamacare.

“It was not a smart play. It had no chance of success,” then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said. Then-House Speaker John Boehner initially said the GOP had “fought the good fight.” But he would later say the plan “never had a chance” and even called the Texas senator “Lucifer in the flesh...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2025.

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks alongside US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 31, 2025. ...

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PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2025, 5:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

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Trade deals and $90 billion in tariff revenue: What’s riding on the landmark Supreme Court case kicking off this week

In just a few days, the Supreme Court will start hearing arguments in what President Donald Trump is calling “one of the most important cases in the history of our country.” With the bulk of his tariffs — arguably the cornerstone of his entire economic agenda — in jeopardy, he has floated an unprecedented appearance at the nation’s highest court.

The case will consider whether Trump had the legal authority to impose tariffs by citing a law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Trump used those powers to push import tax rates as high as 50% on key trading partners including India and Brazil and as high as 145% on China earlier this year.

• Almost $90 billion in tariff revenue:
• Trade agreements:
• What this means for Trump’s tariff agenda:

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2025, 8:00 AM ET - 2 hr ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

What’s going to be in Carney’s first budget?

Big spending, cuts and a test for the minority government coming Tuesday

After weeks of federal government spending announcements leading up to budget day, the biggest unknown remains how large the deficit will be and where and how deep the expected cuts will land.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, have repeatedly characterized Tuesday’s budget as a generational one. In this time of “ruptured” global economics and geopolitical uncertainty, the’ve said Canada has to “spend less” to “invest more.” They have spoken of “tough choices” and “sacrifices” that will have to be made, laying the groundwork to brace Canadians for what could be some dramatic numbers...

• WATCH | Carney lays out what to expect in the budget:
• Some hints at what's inside:
• Could the government fall?:

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Posted: Nov 02, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

A Toronto-area doctor spent 10 days caring for a dying baby without pay. Here’s why she’s speaking up

Provincial government, Ontario Medical Association directed to find solutions to billing woes

When the OHIP claim for a newborn dying at a Toronto-area hospital was rejected, Dr. Jane Healey faced a difficult choice: forgo her pay or ask the grieving parents to go stand in line at Service Ontario. The baby died of a genetic condition after 10 days, Healey said. In the end, she decided against bothering the family.

“That means that we aren't remunerated for some of that very difficult, highly emotional work that stays with you,” she told CBC Toronto. And, Healey says she isn’t alone...

• Doctors, ministry directed to agree on solutions:

Ontario is looking to expand what health-care professionals can do from pharmacists prescribing more medications, to new roles for optometrists, psychologists and dental hygienists. ...

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Posted: Nov 02, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

A Documentary about Canada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYqSUtQk12E

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May Great Spirit bless 🙏

It's another beautiful, sunny morning here at the Tree House. 🌄 🏡 I got up feeling much better this morning, only the usual little annoyances like my creaky back and, of course, my queasy stomach.

NOTE: MY INTENT FOR THE NEWSROOM DISCUSSIONS HERE AT THE TREE HOUSE NEWS

My only desire here in the Newroom is to share with you, the reader, my life's experiences and how I have come to a point in my life so that I wish to share with you, as an Empath, how I got through the jungle of life and even avoided all the crocodiles on that journey in life thus far.

This Too Shall Pass

And so shall it be with the Trumpo administration. When that time arrives, I pray, I will have more time to devote to other topics. What about science, technology, and imagination? Also, discussions on psychology and other concepts in technology and biology. So many different issues of possible interest, pick one 👍

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Post Trumpo Regime,

Changing Some Points Of Interest in The Tree House News

Perhaps, Like Below;

I LIKE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY & NEWS

Maybe a new masthead, similar to the one below. The thing is, I'm thinking ahead for when normal people are back in charge of the asylum.

One could be The Journey of The Fairy Lady, or how about A Personal Self-Help Program, or how about 'If the Shoe Fits, Wear It' Club.'

Maybe use abbreviations? Tree House - S.T.P. & N. Or how about a Personal Self-Help Program, something like, Tree House P.S.H.P. or something to that effect, like, *If The Shoe Fits, Wear It' Club* - Tree House I.T.S.F.W.I.C.

I have experienced the good, the bad, and the indifferent all the way to the profoundest of awakenings to the ultimate beauty and grandeur in the discovery of the cosmos. Phenomena which cannot be seen in the physical, except possibly as an energy source, but are felt or sensed by a deeper consciousness within me.

The stomach issues are an irritation, as the word suggests, - Irritable Bowel Syndrome. - The stomach is never really comfortable, and I often feel like I'm full, so I don't feel hungry. It also spoils the taste buds, so everything tastes like shredded cardboard. If I only had the stomach problem to live with, just one illness, not two or three at the same time. It would make me feel like I have a better chance of controlling it. With the aid of medication, I could live a somewhat normal life, like a human among the living. That is the conundrum I'm in at the moment, until I get those damned teeth pulled out. I pray that my taste buds and appetite will improve after the extractions. Then I will know for certain what the status is on my stomach. It's kind of hard to do when there is an entire army of Dunce Cadets lancing me in the stomach in the coliseum of Hell. Well, it's that or the torture chambers in The Kink of Bizarromerica's castle of evil vampire bats and fire-breathing dragons. 💔 🦇 🔥 🐉

I love imagination, and I'm an Empath, and nothin's a' gonna take that away from me. 😇💗✨🌌🏰

Motor Skills

I have found a cure for my "Butt Finger Syndrome," as I call it. In other words, the eye-to-hand motion becomes somewhat impaired as you get older, affecting eye-to-hand coordination.

To improve my motor skills, I have learned to navigate my way methodically, not a race to see if I can break a record, in this case, break dishes to finish putting them away as quickly as possible. Instead, I hesitate and think before I make a move, working out a way or pattern around obstructions until I create a habitual process that works best for me.

I have learned to move more methodically and think ahead, clearing my work area of possible obstructions before extending an appendage, so I don't find myself getting ahead of myself and then trip, with my face hitting the floor before the rest of me gets there, you see? I'm only just learning this stuff at the age of 80. I wish I had started to learn when I was 60. I suppose I wasn't prepared for the challenges of aging.

‘The problem is everybody wants to win’: Congress bitterly deadlocked as shutdown pain skyrockets

The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go.

In Washington, senators left town for the weekend deadlocked and more frustrated than ever, while critical safety net programs could soon lose federal funding for the first time.

Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for the month of November. President Donald Trump said later Friday he’d instructed administration lawyers to ask the courts how it can legally fund the benefits, adding that if “given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding, just like I did with Military and Law Enforcement Pay.”...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on the shutdown in the US Capitol on October 10.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speak to the press at the US Capitol on October 16.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson arrives to speak during a news conference outside of his office at the US Capitol on the second day of the government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 2.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on October 31

A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) purchases for groceries on October 30, 2025

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PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2025, 5:00 AM ET - 7 hr ago

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Here’s what we know and don’t know about the alleged terror plot thwarted by FBI in Michigan

A cryptic reference to “pumpkin day.” An online chat about an ISIS-inspired attack. A shooting range visit to practice high-speed reloads with AK-47s.

A potential terrorist attack over Halloween weekend was thwarted by the FBI, according to a social media post by agency Director Kash Patel. Details of the alleged plot are scarce but two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case told CNN about the “pumpkin day” reference, the online chat and the shooting range activity.

Here’s what we know and don’t know about the potential terror attack: ...

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• Two arrests, and others being questioned:
• How the alleged plot was uncovered:
• ‘No current threat to public safety’:

Updated Nov 1, 2025, 12:59 PM ET - Updated 10 min ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

'There's no due process': ICU nurse, army veteran among U.S. citizens caught in ICE dragnet

Amanda Trebach is a U.S. citizen, and ICE detained her anyway. She's not the only one

Amanda Trebach, an intensive care nurse who has been trying to keep her migrant patients safe from immigration raids, never expected American law enforcement to use the same kind of violence against her, a U.S. citizen. But video filmed and posted by fellow organizers during one confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in August shows Trebach forced to the pavement and roughhoused by federal agents, who violently arrest and detain her.

"You don't know who they are. They don't identify themselves. There's no due process,” she told CBC News...

• WATCH | 'They’re scared to go out and get groceries,' activist says of migrants:
• ANALYSIS: ICE enforcement tactics have changed under Trump
• 'The constitution is right there':
• ICE operating with 'impunity':
• U.S. not a police state 'yet':

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Posted: Nov 01, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

- CBC -

'This is not a game,' Carney says as he signals he's ready to fight election over federal budget

Prime minister says he's '100 per cent confident' the budget is right for the country

Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled on Saturday that he’s prepared to fight an election over his government’s upcoming budget should it come to that. The fiscal plan will be tabled in the minority Parliament on Tuesday, but it is far from clear whether the governing Liberals have the support of opposition parties.

At the closing of the APEC summit in South Korea, he talked up the benefits of what his government is planning to invest in and do in the future, but he avoided directly answering whether he believes there are enough votes in the House of Commons to get it through...

• Opposition parties weigh their options:
• Ad is 'not something I would have done':

Posted: Nov 01, 2025 8:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

Ever wondered what happens to SADISTS, WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE is no less than hanging them by their thumbs and giving them fifty lashes, then leave them hanging in some stinking, filthy dungeon, left to starve to death or die of some horible desease locked up in a closed-up little room filled with the obnoxious fumes of rotting flesh and human excrement, like it was back in the 14th or 15th century.

IS THAT WHAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN WANT TO INHERIT? The brand on their butt in their pants says, The Property of KinK Orange Pus Bag of Bizarromerica.

“We’ll Build Canada Strong Without You” — Canada’s PM Carney Slams Trump Over Trade | AC1B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHK3s7d4f4

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Breaking News:

Good morning, everyone! May you all be blessed on this day🙏

Well, today is the "get rid of the pain in the butt teeth day." Good news is I finally got the paper I needed from my physician to get the OK for the anesthetic, there is no way in Hell I would get teeth pulled out while aware of it, even if I don't feel the pain, even just thinking of my high sensitivity to physical pain, they would be peeling me off the ceiling with a spatula.

Like a quivering piece of meat in pain, that's how I sometimes think of myself. I greatly appreciate anyone who sends a thought, meditation, or prayer my way for healing, and that mercifully, this is the last of the pain for one lifetime. Thank you.

I do not expect to be on tomorrow, October 31, and I am unsure if I will be recovered sufficiently to sit in one place long enough to do the news on Saturday, November 1st, either. Therefore, I may not be on again until Sunday, November 2nd, or Monday, November 3rd.. I have no idea. I've not had all of my upper teeth pulled out before. The last time I had an experience with a dentist was when I was 16 years old, and that didn't go well, either.

I will update you all tomorrow ON THIS POSTING as to my status after tomorrow's visit to the dentist. 👩‍🔬 I wish it were a real tooth 🦷 fairy 🧚‍♀️ who could just make those bad teeth disappear; "Poof!" 💨 she could have um for free. 🤣

Until Then. May G-d Bless

Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

You hear about the kid piling blocks one on top of the other, aiming to reach the expected height. The bottom block always kicks out before the kid ever gets near the desired height. So goes life, eh! It's like getting to the top floor of a high-rise. The elevator light comes on, indicating floor ten. You step out of the elevator, then the building collapses.

Lucky, the cement slab you were lying on broke your fall. The only problem is it was kind of a messy job cleaning you out of that perfect form or mold of you in the concrete slab!

Now that's one Far Out! Statue, a good specimen for a museum. Drop by on a Tuesday at 8:28 AM on October 30, 3025, to visit the famous inside-out statue. 😂🤣

Always start the day with a bit of humor—it's like turning on the heat, at least long enough to get rid of the morning chills—then turning on all the lights on, especially on a grey, gloomy day, like today. Wet, damp with a cold north-east wind 😝

We have bright lights in the kitchen, and there are also bright lights from my two growbox gardens; the light from them gives the impression of sunlight.

Note! I will be getting my teeth pulled on Friday, 31, 2025. I have no Idea how long I will be incapacitated. I never got all my teeth removed before, only one tooth when I was 16 years old, a memory I would sooner not remember, and that was one lousy tooth. I'll only know POST-CATASTROPHE—hopefully Saturday or Sunday.

"Good Morning, ya no good for nothing miserable Rotten Fat Orange 💩eatin' Cocroach!" 🪳

TODAY's DISCUSSION:

Sitting On The Fence

I can only pray that the Trumpo Regime begins to crumble the same day I dispatch and bury my 🐎💩 pain 💥 in the arse 🦷teeth, you miserable roten cockroach. May you run out of diapers and mess your pants in public 🏳️💩👖 There is no mercy or respect in my heart for you any more than I do for a virus. But I leave the judging as to which Circle in Hell you get your arse parked in, I leave that decision to the judges of judges, Great Spirit, Creator, G-d

It is TIME NOW! That ✊ ~VIVE LA RESISTANCE,~ ✊ not only in AMERICA but also in CANADA, is needed. Now is the time to RESIST! I've been singing this song since the BEGINING of The Orange Pus Bag's second term. Thank you for reading and listening_

I aim to appeal my case, opinions, and convictions to the best of my ability, primarily aimed at the fence sitters. Ya know, no one has to know you changed your mind —just put your X on the choice of who you believe is the better-qualified to lead, serve, and protect we the people. Otherwise, keep sitting on the fence, it's your *free* choice

- Google Search -

"Sitting on the fence" is an idiom for being undecided or neutral, not taking sides in a dispute or argument. It implies a person is delaying a decision or avoiding committing to one of two opposing viewpoints. The phrase can be used when someone is genuinely unsure, wants to remain on good terms with both sides, or is indifferent.

Good enough description to fit this topic, thank you for reading the Tree House News:

I don't expect to be able to complete this morning's news report until I come back from wasting at least an hour just going there, sitting around waiting, then back eats up at least an hour and a half. Just to go sign a piece of paper. I only have an hour left, and I don't like playing that game, Beat the Clock 💩 , so I will see you all in a bit.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump heads back to US to face government shutdown after meeting with Xi

What We're Covering

• Shadow negotiation: After 30 days of gridlock, a group of rank-and-file senators believe they may have found a possible path to end the government shutdown. Majority Leader John Thune appeared to suggest that he would have a conversation with those involved in the negotiations.

• Shutdown impacts: Food stamp benefits for millions of Americans could be paused beginning this weekend. Federal workers who are going unpaid are also expressing frustration and fear about making ends meet.

• Meeting with Xi: Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, with the US president saying they came to an agreement on “almost everything,” including tariffs and rare earth minerals.

• Nuclear tests: Trump also announced that he has instructed the Department of Defense to “immediately” begin testing nuclear weapons on an “equal basis,” in apparent reference to rival countries, including China and Russia. It would be a potentially major shift in decades of US policy...

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4 min ago

Most Americans oppose White House East Wing teardown, according to new poll

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15 min ago

SNAP recipient says she'll be forced to pull from other parts of her budget to feed her kids

-More To Read:

Updated 10:03 AM EDT, Thu October 30, 2025

- CNN -

Exclusive: Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth

A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people familiar with the matter. The general’s stalled promotion also contributed to his early retirement, the sources said.

Lt. Gen. Joe McGee, the director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy on the Joint Staff, left his position earlier this month, the sources said. They added that McGee had frequently “pushed back” against Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean. The sources noted that McGee was nominated by former President Joe Biden nearly a year ago for a promotion to serve as director of the Joint Staff but was never renominated by the current administration.

McGee’s primary responsibility in the role was to advise Caine on long-term military strategy including weighing the risks of potential actions and planning for crisis contingencies. “He has had a target on his back for a while now,” one of the sources said of McGee. Two other sources said there were discussions internally as far back as the spring about pushing out McGee...

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PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2025, 9:45 PM ET - 12 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney tours newly completed South Korean sub as Canada weighs multi-billion dollar order

PM got to see what kind of submarine South Korea wants to sell to Canada

South Korea put political weight behind its bold, high-stakes bid to sell submarines to Canada on Thursday as Prime Minister Mark Carney got a look at one of the country’s new boats and toured the shipyard that would do the construction.

South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok accompanied Carney during the visit to the Hanwha Ocean Ltd. facility in Geoje, 96 kilometres from Gyeongju, where the Asia Pacific Co-operation (APEC) summit is being held. Earlier in the day, Carney also met with South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung. Hanwha Ocean and its partner Hyundai Heavy Industries have been fairly aggressive in pitching the KSS-III (Batch 2) submarine to Canada, delivering an unsolicited, detailed proposal to the federal government last winter — just ahead of the last election...

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• Aging subs to retire by 2035:
• South Korea's competition: Germany:
• The cost of underspending:

Posted: Oct 30, 2025 6:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

O Canada! Summer tourism numbers hit all-time high

Record numbers driven by strong domestic and international travellers

Tourism operators across the country will remember the summer of 2025 fondly, as the amount of money spent by tourists reached an all-time high. Canada’s tourism sector generated a record-breaking amount of revenue of between May and August, reaching $59 billion, a six per cent increase compared to the same period last year.

Most of the revenue was the result of Canadians choosing to spend their travel dollars within the country, as domestic tourism was up seven per cent. Revenue from international travellers remained strong, particularly from overseas markets, which increased by 10 per cent, according to new figures released by Destination Canada on Thursday...

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Posted: Oct 30, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

- CBC -

Trump's resumption of US nuclear weapons testing sparks WW3 fears with Russia and China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrd78YcaWQw

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Another pleasant sunny morning here at The TreeHouse. I put on the coffee and got busy with a couple of things around the kitchen usual breakfast prep. Two bowls and two spoons and milk for cereal, which is corn flakes for me in the morning just something to keep the stomach quiet. Then, when the coffee was done, I woke my partner and went out onto my Green Space, in just my nightgown. It was undoubtedly on the cool side, but with the sun shining down on me and no wind, it felt like spring. While I was out there, I cleaned one of the bottom windows that I had missed the other day.*_

That's typical you can always see the tiniest smudges you missed on a window's glass in bright sunlight. Try to get them out, especially if they have an oily base — like a fingerprint — which are the usual suspects on glass, and they have dried there for some time; it's hard to get off. Maybe I could do as I suggested to my partner a while back about cleaning the oven. I say, "Flatten the ends of the lead slugs the business ends of the bullets for a six-shooter; you could use them for chisels." But then you have to be a precision shot and I'm not talking about shooting pool, or shooting ducks or fish in a barrel, if you can stuff ducks in a barrel. That class is next door.

This is the How to Remove Fingerprints on Glass Class. Pay attention, eh! 🤣

Enough nonsense from the Newsroom for today. On to the Discussion of the Day...

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Removing Fingerprints... Err.. We're done with that one, Ma! Put on the Next film in the projector, please! 😂😆

Sensory Processing Sensitivity or SPS

- Google Search:

Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a personality trait characterized by an increased sensitivity of the central nervous system and deeper cognitive processing of both physical and emotional stimuli. Individuals with SPS are more aware of subtle environmental details and can be more easily over-aroused by sensory input like bright lights, loud noises, or strong smells. This trait is a heritable personality disposition, with about 20-30% of the population considered "highly sensitive".

From my own experience, I know that when I go to the depths of my perceptions—from the sensory and visual levels to the not-usual or to a much deeper sensory level than the visual—there are more details on the sensory level than on the visual level.

To most people, they either fall asleep from boredom or think it's all fairy tales or unicorn 💩

In time, all I have changed is the manner in which I present a proposition, which is that I include the little details in pieces, in a storyline analogy.

Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Hurricane Melissa causes 'significant damage' in Cuba after devastating Jamaica

What We're Covering

• Cuba landfall:

Cuba suffered "significant damage" after Melissa made landfall there Wednesday morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Around 140,000 people are cut off by rising river levels as the storm lashes the country and heads toward the Bahamas.

• Severe damage:

• Deadly storm:

• How to help:

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9 min ago

National Hurricane Center's forecasts for Melissa have been unusually accurate

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12 min ago

Jamaica's water systems "held up well," but telecommunications infrastructure was damaged, says government

More To Read:

Updated 11:26 AM EDT, Wed, October 29, 2025

- CNN -

Fed looks set to cut rates for second time this year despite data blackout

What We're Covering Here

• The Federal Reserve is set to announce its latest decision on interest rates at 2 p.m. ET, with most economists anticipating another quarter-point cut to support the waning job market.

• Central bank officials are forced to make their monetary policy determinations this month without any federal economic data due to the government shutdown.

• If the data blackout persists for much longer — obscuring how the world’s largest economy is faring — central bankers may need to hold off on any rate cuts until there’s better clarity.

6 min ago

Dow crosses 48,000 points for first time ever

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18 min ago

Here’s what lower rates means for housing

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Updated 12:13 PM EDT, Wed October 29, 2025

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Why Trump’s growing politicization of the military could backfire

What’s the difference between the flight deck of a mighty US aircraft carrier and a MAGA rally? Not much in the mind of President Donald Trump.

The commander in chief used a speech on the USS George Washington, moored in Japan Tuesday, to revive 2020 election falsehoods and to campaign for his constitutionally questionable plan to send troops into US cities. Once, such political activity using the military as a backdrop would have provoked shock back home. But Trump has infringed so many customs of the presidency that it came as no surprise.

The president recently had service members cheering a deeply partisan speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that troubled many former senior officers. He staged a parade through Washington to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary — which coincided with his birthday. He rambled in a speech before top brass flown from around the globe in Virginia last month. The generals and admirals were also treated to an anti-“woke” screed from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Most notoriously, in his first term, Trump enlisted Gen. Mark Milley to march with him after demonstrators were cleared from outside the White House. The then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apologized for being pulled into domestic politics and landed on Trump’s forever enemies list.

• The military isn’t immune from politics — but tries to avoid them:
• Presidents always walk a fine political line with the military:

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM ET - 12 hr ago

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"Wars And Rumors of War"

Matthew 24:6: "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come."

Never resign to defeat. I fought, I'm still standing here, adorned with the scars of my personal inner and external war wounds. I hold my sword of light, empathy, on high. If you have mercy, you have empathy, and if you have empathy, how can there not be caring, compassion, love, and peace in your heart?

CANADIAN NEWS:

Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate to 2.25%, suggests it's done cutting rates for now

Central bank can't undo structural economic changes from trade war, says governor

The Bank of Canada lowered interest rates to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, but cautioned that monetary policy can't fix the structural economic damage caused by the U.S. trade war. The central bank said it made the 25-basis-point cut as weakness ripples through the Canadian economy and with inflation expected to stay close to the bank's two per cent target.

"For many months, we have been stressing that monetary policy cannot undo the damage caused by tariffs," said Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem in his opening statement...

• Weak growth expected:

Macklem also indicated that if inflation evolves broadly in line with the bank's current expectations — hovering around the two per cent target — it will hold rates at their current level.

However, if the outlook changes, "we are prepared to respond," he added...

• Weak growth expected:
• Rates are 'at about the right level':

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Ford urges U.S. ambassador to ‘bury the hatchet,’ apologize after profane tirade

U.S. ambassador delivered expletive-laced rant at Ontario trade representative on Monday: witnesses

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra’s expletive-laced tirade towards Ontario’s trade representative was “absolutely unacceptable” and “unbecoming of an ambassador,” said Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday.

It comes days after Hoekstra was seen in a heated rant towards David Paterson, Ontario’s trade representative, at a Canadian American Business Council event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses told

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Sources at the event spoke with CBC News on the condition that they not be named...

Trump calls off trade talks with Canada over Ontario's anti-tariff ad

Despite Trump's anger, Canadian politicians won't say Ontario's anti-tariff ad was a mistake

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I know you're a WEEZLE, Mr. Ford, but I must say you deserve a pat on the back for that one and also for the Regan commercial, which at least had no expletives in it.

This song is just TOO good! Stand tall, sing loud—CANADA 🍁 will stay FOREVER STRONG!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPBEF8LpgZQ